April 25^th is an important day for Italy.

It is in fact Liberation Day, the day in which the Nation celebrates the end of the Italian Civil War, the end of Nazi occupation thanks to the Italian resistance and the Allies, and the end of Fascism.

Co-founder of Arte80 with Andrea Tagliapietra, Renato Anatrà has been one of the most prolific glass sculptors in Murano.

Galliano Ferro opened the "Vetreria Artistica Galliano Ferro", his own glass factory, in 1955 after leaving Arte Vetraria Muranese (AVeM) which he co-founded in 1932.

The Conterie (the Venetian beads) were an industrial complex of 2ha (5 ac), located in the center of the island of Murano.

Gino Salmistrari was born in Mestre in 1927.

He was born in 1924 in Milan.

Nason & Moretti is an ancient glassmaker founded by Bepi Nason Nason & Moretti.

Licio Falcier was born in Murano in 1922.

Giovanni Ferro, known also by his surname "Nane Catari", was born in 1911 from a dynasty of master glassmakers.

Murano glass is a protagonist during Venice Carnival!